Picchi & Racers Come Home With 7th Place Showing In Mobile

Saturday, September 14

Mobile, ALA.

Murray State

South Alabama

Photo by: Dave Winder-Murray State Athletics

Picchi & Racers Come Home With 7th Place Showing In Mobile

9/16/2019 5:15:00 PM | Women's Golf

Final Results

The Murray State women's golf squad and freshman Ana Garcia Picchi each came home with a seventh place finish at USA Intercollegiate, hosted by South Alabama at Magnolia Golf Club (Crossings Course) in Mobile.

The Racers posted scores of 294-297-291=882 in the 2019-20 season opener. MSU outplayed Grand Canyon (887), Georgia State (888) and Louisiana-Monroe (893) and finished just behind Arkansas State (881) and Troy (875). The Racers led the field of 16 teams in pars with 179 and scoring on the par-5 holes with a stroke average of 4.75.

Out of Seville, Spain, Ana Garcia Picci was playing her first collegiate event for the Racers. She played the final round in 1-under-par 71 with three birdies. Her consistency produced a top-10 finish on scores of 73-71-71=215.

Other MSU scores and finishes included Rayshya Surendran in 17^th place on rounds of 71-77-72=220 and Payton Carter in 44^th place on rounds of 74-74-77=225. Eliza Kho and Sarah McDowell shared 52^nd place. Kho on scores of 77-78-72=227 and McDowell on scores of 76-76-76=227. Along with Picchi, the Racers also had Carter and Kho who were playing in their first events as Racers.

MSU's Lucila Puente Rodriguez shot her best score of the event with a 74. She withdrew from the first round and carded a 79 in the second round.

UAB was the team champion at 868, with North Florida (869), Houston Baptist and Western Kentucky (873) making up the top-4. Tia Teiniketo of UAB was the medalist on scores of 67-68-69=204.

The Crossings Course played to a par-72 and a length of 6,002 yards.

Next up for the Racers is Kentucky's Betty Lou Evans Invitational (Sept. 27-29) at the UK Champions Club.

USA Intercollegiate
Magnolia GC – Crossings Course
par-72 - 6,002 yds
Mobile, Ala.
Sept. 16, 2019
Final Scores

UAB 285 285 298 868 +4
North Florida 288 292 289 869 +5
Houston Baptist 289 291 293 873 +9
Western Kentucky 291 291 291 873 +9
Troy 291 290 294 875 +11
Arkansas State 293 289 299 881 +17
Murray State 294 297 291 882 +18
Grand Canyon 297 298 292 887 +23
Georgia State 294 297 297 888 +24
ULM 298 301 294 893 +29
Incarnate Word 307 298 290 895 +31
Samford 305 294 297 896 +32
South Alabama 292 303 303 898 +34
Lamar 306 298 301 905 +41
Little Rock 299 302 304 905 +16
Bethune-Cookman 307 307 301 +13

7 Murray State 294 297 291 882
T7 Ana Picchi (2) 73 71 71 215
T17 Raeysha Surendran (1) 71 77 72 220
T44 Payton Carter (3) 74 74 77 225
T52 Eliza Kho (4) 77 78 72 227
T52 Sarah McDowell (5) 76 75 76 227
94 Lucila Puente Rodriguez (I) WD 79 74 153